IT was an action packed weekend with Busselton and Nannup hosting the annual Quit Forest Rally.
After finishing second in heat one and dominating heat two, Former Australian Rally Champions Eli Evans and Glen Weston have won came out as victors.
“It’s a big relief, I was feeling the pressure a lot this morning as I really wanted to do well for Citroen,” Evans said.
“They [Citroen DS3] have put a lot of belief in me to get them results and I’ve been able to do that first go in the car.”
After making history in heat one by becoming the first female to win a heat of the ARC, Molly Taylor had a battle on her hands throughout the day in her quest to go one further and win a round of the championship.
In the end she fell short by the smallest of margins, finishing third outright in heat two giving Evans/Weston the round win by five points.
Returning to the ARC for the first time since 2010, Simon Evans and his co-driver Ben Searcy finished third outright for the event.
Mick Patton/Bernie Webb took honours in the Australian 4WD Rally series followed by the West Australian crews of Brad Markovic/Glenn Macneall in second and Scott McKenzie/Mclean in third.
Australian rally legends Neal Bates/Coral Taylor dominated the action in the Classic Rally Challenge from the opening stage of the event.
Clay Badenoch/Andrew Dunbar finished second with Trevor Stilling/Col Trinder third and Graeme/Kathy Miles fourth.
The Quit Forest Rally was also the opening round of the Onslow Contracting West Australian Rally Championship (WARC) with top spot on the podium for the weekend going to Garry Whittle/Mick Heuchan.
Second outright went to Craig Puzey/Jim Pearce with Stephen Oxley/Caity Macdonald in third.
Photos by Michael Vettas.